Setting custom attributes

Grid allows to set custom attributes for rows by the xml or using setRowAttribute grid method. To get attributes use getRowAttribute method.

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<html>
<head>
	<title>Setting custom attributes</title>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/>
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../codebase/fonts/font_roboto/roboto.css"/>
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../codebase/dhtmlx.css"/>
	<script src="../../../codebase/dhtmlx.js"></script>
	<script>
		var myGrid;
		function doOnLoad(){
			myGrid = new dhtmlXGridObject('gridbox');
			myGrid.setImagePath("../../../codebase/imgs/");
			myGrid.setHeader("Sales, Book Title, Author");
			myGrid.setInitWidths("100,250,*");
			myGrid.setColAlign("right,left");
			myGrid.setColTypes("ed,ed,ed");
			myGrid.setColSorting("int,str");
			myGrid.enableAutoWidth(true);
			myGrid.enableAutoHeight(true);
			myGrid.init();
			myGrid.setSerializationLevel(false,true);
			myGrid.load("../common/grid_attr.xml");
		}
		function addAttribute(){
			var val = document.getElementById('val').value;
			var txt = document.getElementById('txt').value;
			if (!val) return;
			addAttrToSelect(val);
			//add attribute
			myGrid.setRowAttribute(myGrid.getSelectedId(),val,txt);
			//register attribute for serialization
			myGrid.xml.row_attrs.push(val);
		}
		function showAttribute(){
			alert(myGrid.getRowAttribute(myGrid.getSelectedId(),document.getElementById('sel').value));
		}
		function addAttrToSelect(value){
			 var z = document.createElement('option');
			 z.value=value;
			 z.appendChild(document.createTextNode(value)) ;
			 document.getElementById("sel").appendChild(z);
			 z.selected = true;
		}
	</script>
</head>
<body onload="doOnLoad()">
	<h1>Setting custom attributes</h1>
	<p>Grid allows to set custom attributes for rows by the xml or using setRowAttribute grid method. To get attributes use getRowAttribute method.</p>
	<table>
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<select id="sel">
					<option value="price">price</option>
					<option value="date">date of publication</option>
				</select>
				<input type="button" name="a2" value="show attribute" onclick="showAttribute();" />
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td  valign="top">
				<div id="gridbox" style="width:600px; height:350px; background-color:white;"></div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				Name: <input type="text" id="val" size="18"> Value: <input type="text" id="txt" size="18">&nbsp;
				<input type="button" name="a2" value="add attribute to selected" onclick="addAttribute();" />
			</td>
		</tr>
	</table>
	<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="myGrid.xml.row_attrs.push('price');myGrid.xml.row_attrs.push('date');alert(myGrid.serialize())">serialize</a>
</body>
</html>

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